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Africa: Four Nations Agree to Water Management Programme
September 19th, 2013
Via All Africa, a report on a cooperative international effort to preserve the Nubian aquifer: Seeking to improve their management of water resources, four northeast African nations today agreed at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to establish a long-term framework for utilizing a key underground water system. Chad, Egypt, Libya and Sudan signed a […]
Read more »Nile Water Dispute Stymies Egypt Reset with African Union
September 15th, 2013
Via Al-Monitor, a look at the tension over the Nile River: Egypt is still facing multiple hurdles in managing its diplomatic relations and national security interests with other African nations, particularly those of the Nile basin. This is despite the new Egyptian political administration showing capacity to bolster relations with countries of the African continent. […]
Read more »Water Politics On The Nile
August 31st, 2013
Via the Orange County Register, commentary on the Nile water rift: Egypt’s sense of nationhood is tied up in control of the Nile. So is energy self sufficiency for Ethiopia. The clash between these two realities can have deadly consequences. America will be tempted to intervene – on the wrong side. The issue is a […]
Read more »A Grand Dam That Felled Morsi: The Ecological Roots Of Egypt’s Current Strife
August 29th, 2013
Via Down To Earth, an interesting look at the ecological/water roots of Egypt’s current strife: The bloodletting in Egypt, which was triggered by the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on July 3, has foreshadowed its deeper ecological roots. Egypt cannot get past its present turmoil, at least in the long run, without spotlighting and comprehending […]
Read more »How Resource Shortages Sparked Egypt’s Months-Long Crisis
August 22nd, 2013
Courtesy of The Atlantic, a look at the role that resource shortages – particularly freshwater – are playing in Egypt’s current conflict: With more than 600 people killed and almost 4,000 injured from clashes between Egyptian security forces and Muslim Brotherhood protesters, the country’s democratic prospects look dismal. But while the violence is largely framed […]
Read more »Rush for Nile Water – Now Uganda Plans Massive Hydroelectric Site
August 18th, 2013
Via OilPrice.com, a report that Uganda is also looking to capitalize on the Nile’s water: In East Africa, the major water resource is the Nile river, the world’s longest, at 4,130 miles, referred to by Egypt since antiquity as the country’s heart. The past several decades have seen the mighty river’s water flow increasingly contested […]
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